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Dover to Head Up Ford's Land Rover

30 May 2000

    London - Bob Dover, currently Chairman of Ford's Aston Martin/Lagonda 
group, will be named Chairman and CEO of Land Rover, according to a report 
out of the UK on Monday.

    Ford's deal to buy Land Rover from BMW is in its final stages of completion 
and is expected to be finalized by July.  Land Rover will become another 
part of Ford's Premier Automotive Group, which also includes Jaguar, Aston 
Martin, Volvo and Lincoln.

    Bob Dover had been Manufacturing Director of Land Rover earlier in his 
career.  He will report to Wolfgang Reitzle, Premier Automotive Group's 
President.


MJR